Malnourished veiled chameleon

[Haileigh26]

Hi the other day I took in a veiled chameleon that was surrendered to a pet store. I’m assuming a male but the shop has no real information on him. He’s extremely malnourished, dehydrated, and has vitamin/calcium deficiencies. At the moment I’m misting 4 times daily with reptile electrolytes and supplementing liquid multi vitamin, I’ve gotten him to eat a few calcium dusted horn worms but he has to be had feed because he won’t use his tongue to eat and is very weak. I’m on hear to see if anyone has any other ideas on what I can do to help him survive. The store said he only had about a 40% chance of surviving.

 

[The Wild One]

Please post pictures of everything. Those few pictures alone are setting off multiple red flags to me.

 

[Haileigh26]

Please post pictures of everything. Those few pictures alone are setting off multiple red flags to me.

He’s in one of my quarantine tanks, he’s not given much room to climb at the moment due to when he was given the opportunity he didn’t have a lot a of strength to hold himself up and was almost falling

 

[hiddenflaws]

Poor baby ?

 

[kinyonga]

I don't see any reason to spray him with electrolytes.

Glad you have him in a hospital type cage.

Be careful not to overheat him if he can't move around enough that he can move out of the basking area.

 

[Haileigh26]

I don't see any reason to spray him with electrolytes.

Glad you have him in a hospital type cage.

Be careful not to overheat him if he can't move around enough that he can move out of the basking area.

It’s a 20 gallon long and has temperature variants. I’m spraying with electrolytes because that’s the only way he’ll drink at the moment is if I stray him.

 

[cyberlocc]

It’s a 20 gallon long and has temperature variants. I’m spraying with electrolytes because that’s the only way he’ll drink at the moment is if I stray him.

I think she meant just spray with Distilled water. Chameleons always only drink from leaves/being sprayed.

 

[Gingero]

Can you post pics of the full quarantine/hospital enclosure? Like top to bottom.

 

[kinyonga]

Have you tried a dripper? you can make one from a deli up with a tiny hole in the bottom so it will drop at the rate of one or two drips per second.

 

[Gingero]

Have you tried a dripper? you can make one from a deli up with a tiny hole in the bottom so it will drop at the rate of one or two drips per second.

Oooh! I have a video on this!

 

[kinyonga]

What don't you have a video on @Gingero ?

 

[Gingero]

Haha I have at least 50 more video ideas. Lots more to come.

 

[kinyonga]

Can't wait to see them all!

 

[Gingero]

Thanks for the continued support

 

[kinyonga]

You're welcome!

 

[kinyonga]

@Haileigh26 hows the chameleon doing today?

 

[Haileigh26]

He’s doing a lot better

 

[Haileigh26]

@Haileigh26 hows the chameleon doing today?
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This morning he started to drink on his own but refuses live foods so he’s now on the Oxbow Carnivore Care diet. He’s also getting a appetite stimulant to help get him back to hopefully eat on his own soon.

 

[kinyonga]

Good that he's drinking on his own.
Being that he's a veiled you can also give him some baby food like squash and sweet potato and here's a refipe for bug juice too...
https://www.adcham.com/html/husbandry/bug-juice.html